Just over 90% of all respondents rated the WSU
Libraries Online Catalog as highly important (4 or 5). Only 3%
gave the Online Catalog the lowest possible ratings.

(Count)

All Respondents by Academic
Status

(n / %)

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Faculty

5

2

12

32

120

171

2.9

1.2

7.0

18.7

70.2

100.0

Graduate

0

2

4

19

65

90

.0

2.2

4.4

21.1

72.2

100.0

Undergraduate

0

0

2

13

34

49

.0

.0

4.1

26.5

69.4

100.0

Staff

1

1

4

8

22

36

2.8

2.8

11.1

22.2

61.1

100.0

Other

1

0

0

0

5

6

16.7

.0

.0

.0

83.3

100.0

Total

7

5

22

72

246

352

2.0

1.4

6.3

20.5

69.9

100.0

1 = (lowest) 5 = (highest)

The ratings given by each group of users to the
importance of the Online Catalog were similar to the overall
ratings. Again, the graduate students posted the highest
percentage of 4 or 5 ratings – 93%.

Faculty by
Subject Division

(n / %)

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Business

1

0

1

2

13

17

5.9

.0

5.9

11.8

76.5

100.0

Education

0

0

2

3

12

17

.0

.0

11.8

17.6

70.6

100.0

Engineering

0

0

2

4

11

17

.0

.0

11.8

23.5

64.7

100.0

Fine Arts

0

0

0

3

12

15

.0

.0

.0

20.0

80.0

100.0

Health Sciences

0

0

0

5

11

16

.0

.0

.0

31.3

68.8

100.0

Humanities

1

1

0

3

15

20

5.0

5.0

.0

15.0

75.0

100.0

Sciences

0

1

4

8

17

30

.0

3.3

13.3

26.7

56.7

100.0

Social Sciences

2

0

2

4

21

29

6.9

.0

6.9

13.8

72.4

100.0

Library

0

0

0

0

8

8

.0

.0

.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Other

1

0

1

0

0

2

50.0

.0

50.0

.0

.0

100.0

Total

5

2

12

32

120

171

2.9

1.2

7.0

18.7

70.2

100.0

1 = (lowest) 5 = (highest)

Generally, the faculty respondents gave
high ratings to the importance of the Online Catalog – again 88%
with responses of either a 4 or a 5. Results were fairly
consistent across the disciplines. Again, there seems to be more
of a ratings spread among faculty in the Humanities, Sciences,
and Social Sciences.

Graduate
Students by Subject Division

(n / %)

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Business

0

0

0

1

4

5

.0

.0

.0

20.0

80.0

100.0

Education

0

1

1

4

14

20

.0

5.0

5.0

20.0

70.0

100.0

Engineering

0

0

0

2

11

13

.0

.0

.0

15.4

84.6

100.0

Fine Arts

0

0

0

0

6

6

.0

.0

.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Health Sciences

0

0

1

0

1

2

.0

.0

50.0

.0

50.0

100.0

Humanities

0

0

0

3

6

9

.0

.0

.0

33.3

66.7

100.0

Sciences

0

1

2

2

7

12

.0

8.3

16.7

16.7

58.3

100.0

Social Sciences

0

0

0

7

16

23

.0

.0

.0

30.4

69.6

100.0

Total

0

2

4

19

65

90

.0

2.2

4.4

21.1

72.2

100.0

1 = (lowest) 5 = (highest)

Of the graduate student respondents,
93% rated the importance of the Online Catalog as a 4 or 5.
Only 6% of the respondents gave a rating of 3 or less. No
students gave the lowest rating to the Online Catalog. These
results were fairly consistent across the disciplines. The
number of respondents were low in some disciplines.

Undergraduate Students by Subject Division

(n / %)

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Business

0

0

0

4

6

10

.0

.0

.0

40.0

60.0

100.0

Education

0

0

0

1

1

2

.0

.0

.0

50.0

50.0

100.0

Engineering

0

0

0

1

2

3

.0

.0

.0

33.3

66.7

100.0

Fine Arts

0

0

0

0

5

5

.0

.0

.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Health Sciences

0

0

1

1

1

3

.0

.0

33.3

33.3

33.3

100.0

Humanities

0

0

0

0

3

3

.0

.0

.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Sciences

0

0

0

1

4

5

.0

.0

.0

20.0

80.0

100.0

Social Sciences

0

0

1

5

11

17

.0

.0

5.9

29.4

64.7

100.0

Other

0

0

0

0

1

1

.0

.0

.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Total

0

0

2

13

34

49

.0

.0

4.1

26.5

69.4

100.0

1 = (lowest) 5 = (highest)

Again, 70% of the undergraduate
respondents gave the highest rating to the Online Catalog.
Another significant percentage -- 27% -- of these students
rated the catalog as a “4”. None in this group rated it
lower than a 3. The results were consistent across the
subject divisions.